cid cain deicsiu maigi Fail

though pleasant (is) seeing plains of Fal (isle of Destiny)

annam iar gnais maige mair.

a wilderness[FN#138] after knowledge of the Great Plain.

[FN#138] This meaning for annam is doubtful; the sense of “seldom” is established for the word; the line possibly means “it will seldom be so after,” &c.

Cid mesc lib coirm inse Fail,

Though intoxicating to you (is) ale of the island Fal,

is mescu coirm tire mair,

is more intoxicating the ale of the country great,

amra tire tir asbiur,

a wonder of a land the land I mention,

ni theit oac and re siun.

not goes a young man there before an old man.

Srotha teith millsi tar tir,

Streams warm (and) sweet through the land,

rogu de mid ocus fin,

choice of mead and wine,

doini delgnaidi, cen on,

men ? handsome, without blemish,

combart cen pecead, cen col.

conception without sin without crime.

Atchiam cach for each leth,

We see all on every side,

ocus ni-conn acci nech;

and yet not sees us anyone

temel imorbais adaim

the cloud of the sin of Adam

do-don-archeil[FN#139] ar araim

encompasses us from reckoning

[FN#139] From tairchellaim.

A ben dia ris mo thuaith tind,

O woman, if thou wilt come to my people strong,

is barr oir bias fort chind,

it is top of head of gold shall be on thy head,

inue ur, laith, lemnacht la lind

pork unsalted, ale, new milk for drink

rot bia lim and, a be find, a be find.

shall be to thee with me there, O woman fair-haired.

[a gap, 9 letters lost] i atumchotaise om aithech tige rag-sa, [a gap,

thou obtainest me from my master of the house I will go,

[9 letters lost] fetai, ni rag.  Is iarsin dolluid Mider (L.U. 130 a.) co

canst, not will I go.  It is thereon came Mider to

Echaid, ocus damair a thochell fochetoir co m-beth fôlo acai

Echaid, and yields his stake immediately that may be (cause) of reproach for him

do Echaid, is airi roic na comada mora, ocus issairi is

to Echaid, it is therefore he paid the great stakes, and on that account it is (that)

fo anfis con atig a gell.  Conid iarsin giull adrubrad in tan tra

under ignorance that he asked his wager.  So that after that wager it was said when now

ro boi Mider cona muinter oc ic comad na aidehi, i. in tochor, ocus

was Mider and his folk at paying the stake of the night, that is, the causeway, and

di-chlochad Midi, ocus luachair Tetbai, ocus fid dar Breg:  isse[FN#140] seo

clearing stones off Meath, and rushes of Tethba and forest over Breg:  it is he this